Research interests

Socio-cultural history of Song
Chinese popular religion
Literati culture

Publications

Articles & Book Chapters

"The Transformation of the Cult of Houtu during the Tang-Song Era: The Cult of Yangzhou Houtu." Chinese Studies 14.2 (1996): 103-134
"Visualizing the Afterlife: The Song Elite's Obsession with Death, the Underworld, and Salvation." Chinese Studies 20.1 (2002): 399-440
"Praying for A Revelation: The Mental Universe of the Song Examination Candidates." New History 15.4 (2004): 41-92
"Exploring Weal and Woe: The Song Elite's Mantic Beliefs and Practices." T'oung Pao 91. 4-5 (2005): 347-395
"Encountering Evil: Ghosts and Demonic Forces in the Lives of the Song Elite." Journal of Song Yuan Studies 37 (2007): 89-134. (A slightly different version in Japanese was published in Osaka City University Asian History, Special Feature, 2007, pp. 47-81)
"Geomancy and Burial: The Social Status of the Song Geomancers." Studies in Urban Cultures 10 (2008): 96-115
"Popular Religion and the Religious Beliefs of the Song Elite: Themes and Reappraisal." In National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Fudan University ed. Where is the "Folk Society?"and on Whose "Belief?" (Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company, 2009), 57-77
"Experiencing the 'Lesser Arts': The Mantic Arts and Experts in the Lives of Song Literati." New History 20.4 (2009): 1-58

Edited Books

Women in China: Bibliography of Available English Language Materials (Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. 1996). Coeditor

Research Projects

"Way and Byway: Geomancy and Prognostication in Song China." Project sponsored by the Taiwan National Science Council (NSC), 1/8/2003-31/7/2004
"Deities, Gender, and Statues: Divine Worship and Society in Tang-Song China." Project sponsored by NSC, 1/8/2004-31/7/2006
"The Song Elite and the Learning of the Byway." Project sponsored by NSC, 1/8/2006-31/7/2008
"The Social Network between Song Confucian Literati and Men of Mantic Skills." Project sponsored by NSC, 1/8/2008-31/7/2010